Explore Cayuga Park in the Excelsior. This recently renovated park has a sparkling new play structure but the real draw here is the collection of hand-carved wooden sculptures decorating the surrounding gardens.

Zip down the slides, climb up the rope structure, and swing across the monkey bars at Golden Gate Park’s Children’s Quarter, originally built in 1887 and recognized as our nation’s first-ever public playground.

Zip down the slides, climb up the rope structure, and swing across...

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Attend the Meet the Animals presentation put on at the Randall Museum every Saturday at 11:15 a.m. Pet a snake, feed a turtle, feel a rabbit’s soft coat.

Photo: Jill Cunninghis

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Go out for dim sum on Clement Street. Try Wing Lee Bakery or Good Luck.

Hike the Lands End Trail, from the Cliff House to the Palace of the Legion of Honor. Stop in the Lands End Lookout Visitor Center and Cafe for a bowl of clam chowder.

Photo: Travis Jensen

Hike the Lands End Trail, from the Cliff House to the Palace of the...

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Order whatever is fresh out of the fryer at Bob's Donuts and Pastry Shop on Polk, and then walk down to Aquatic Park and watch the swimmers and ships pass by.

Photo: Lance Iversen, SFC

Order whatever is fresh out of the fryer at Bob's Donuts and Pastry...

Order whatever is fresh out of the fryer at Bob's Donuts and... Photo-5770683.78395 - SFGate

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Ride to the top of the Hamon Observation Tower at the De Young Museum. It's free!

Photo: Stephanie Hession, ONLINE_YES

Ride to the top of the Hamon Observation Tower at the De Young...

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Take a class at the Cartoon Art Museum.

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Take a class at the Cartoon Art Museum.

Take a class at the Cartoon Art Museum. Photo-5770685.78395 - SFGate

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Check out the Golden Gate National Recreation Area’s Battery Chamberlin, the last six-inch “disappearing gun” of its type on the West Coast. On the first full weekend of each month, take part in demonstrations of the gun.